They call Grenada the Spice Island of the West: cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves, tumeric, ginger, saffron, allspice and of course the omnipresent spice nutmeg– exports of which from the island now account for nearly thirty percent of the world’s crop.
But Grenada’s culinary treats extend...

This is the second post of a three-part series on what to do, where to stay and how to eat in Grenada.
Grenada offers a wide range of lodging, from camping to rainforest cottages at $40 per night to five-star, luxury resorts that run closer to $1500.
As a general rule, the neighboring islands of...

This is post one in a three-part series on what to do, where to stay and how to eat in Grenada.
Grenada (pronounced Gre-NAY-da) is a tri-island state in the Southeast Caribbean, just north of Trinidad and Venezuela–and the perfect spot for the Caribbean traveler looking for more than just beaches.
Despite...

Pictures of You
By Caroline Leavitt
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Rating: 4 stars
Review by Rebecca Lucente
I did not expect to disappear into the world of this book. I didn’t even think I would like it beyond the level of regard I have for all books, simply because I love a story.
At...

First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life
by Eve Brown-Waite
Broadway Books
RATING: 3.5 Stars
I really wanted to fall madly in love with this book.
First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria is Eve Brown-Wait’s opus, 20 years...

Based Upon Availability
by Alix Strauss
Harper Collins, 2010
RATING: 3.5 Stars
REVIEW BY SUE JORDAN
In high school and later in college, I typically spent weekends, school vacations and summers working in my parent’s hotel. It was small, homey, a place for “summer folk” to hang their hats...

The Adventurer’s Handbook
by Mick Conefrey
Palgrave Macmillan, $12.00
RATING: 3 Stars
THE PREMISE:
Mick Conefrey has culled some of the most ambitious expeditions from the 19th and 20th centuries, the “heroic age” of exploration, and packaged them into a How-To guide that’s...

Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will
by Judith Schalansky
Penguin Books, Available September 28, 2010
RATING: 4 STARS
Judith Schlansky’s psuedo-tome–the product of a lifetime of studying maps, typography, art and design–is a charming romp...

Female Nomad and Friends: Tales of Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around The World
by Rita Golden Gelman
Three Rivers Press, Jun 2010
REVIEW BY SITHARA REDDY
Female Nomad and Friends, a book of short stories compiled by Rita Golden Gelman, takes its readers on cultural journeys that will satisfy...

San Marcos, Guatemala is a tiny town on the shores of Lake Atitlan, deep in the Western Guatemalan Highlands. Lush volcanoes and Mayan villages pepper the shore, and with clear views of both, San Marcos has become Guatemala’s epicenter of zen and spirituality. People come here to cook, to read,...

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